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Study: Blacks followed Zimmerman trial more closely than whites
The Los Angeles Times ^ | July 15, 2013 | Matt Pearce

Posted on 07/15/2013 5:05:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Black Americans paid much closer attention to George Zimmerman's trial than white Americans did, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.

It wasn't difficult to follow the murder case against Zimmerman, who shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., in February 2012: News coverage of the trial was almost ubiquitous in its closing days.

But not everbody took advantage. Fifty-six percent of the blacks surveyed said they followed the trial "very closely," compared to 20% of whites. The telephone survey of 1,002 adults was taken July 11 to July 14. The six-woman jury returned a not-guilty verdict for Zimmerman on July 13.....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: blackkk; blacks; florida; georgezimmerman; msm; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

...but they understood it less.


21 posted on 07/15/2013 5:12:16 PM PDT by missycocopuffs
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just because you pay attention doesn’t mean you comprehend.


22 posted on 07/15/2013 5:12:16 PM PDT by Third Person (Welcome to Gaymerica.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

HA HA HA , Yea they really educated themselves, one black kid said to my oldest boy that Martin was just a small kid and had not got to high school yet, other blacks have come across as really stupid but then again they also vote for a party which brought them segregation and racism.


23 posted on 07/15/2013 5:12:32 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So, he is everything but white it seems. Again, why are we in this?


24 posted on 07/15/2013 5:12:39 PM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

2ndDivisionVet, YOU are not wrong.


25 posted on 07/15/2013 5:13:02 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Should have asked if they actually watched the trial, or got their info from MSNBC or HLN.


26 posted on 07/15/2013 5:13:05 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: cripplecreek

Those blacks who agree with the verdict don’t dare open their mouths.


27 posted on 07/15/2013 5:13:12 PM PDT by Misterioso (It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing - Duke Ellington)
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To: snarkytart

Angela & Bernie led the sheeple to their erroneous conclusions - disbarment is only the first thing that should happen to these two.


28 posted on 07/15/2013 5:13:22 PM PDT by Sioux-san
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

After all , like Jentell , all that they watch is the weather channel !


29 posted on 07/15/2013 5:13:31 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” - Ronald Reagan)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

just because they said they followed it does not mean they did, even in their small protests it is mostly white guilt turds from the radical fringes of the left like the workers party


30 posted on 07/15/2013 5:13:39 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Followed” is one thing...”Understood” is something quite different.


31 posted on 07/15/2013 5:14:11 PM PDT by clintonh8r (white Caucasian)
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To: Red in Blue PA
The only conclusion one could draw from this is that they think it is perfectly okay to smash peoples heads in.

No. They think it is perfectly okay to smash crackas heads in.

Not the same thing.

32 posted on 07/15/2013 5:15:18 PM PDT by Jeff Winston
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Of course since this was an “official” black issue, black Americans had a vested interest in telling people they followed it closely. Rather than asking some open ended question, someone might have asked:

1. Did you see the opening statements in this trial?

2. Did you see the police witnesses for the state?

3. Did you see the gunshot expert for the defense?

ect. Then we might have learned something.


33 posted on 07/15/2013 5:15:23 PM PDT by JLS
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To: freeangel

every time I hear that crap I always ask them “is it illegal to follow”

Then ask them is it illegal to attack someone , smash their head on the concrete


34 posted on 07/15/2013 5:15:36 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Today I asked a few of my Hispanic pals at work if they had been following the case, what the buzz was in their family & community circles, and what they thought of Zimmerman’s being labeled a “White Hispanic”. To my surprise, almost no one had paid the case much attention, preferring to follow sports rather than politics. What they knew they heard only incidentally and were woefully short on details. These were all 20-somethings who can’t be bothered to watch news on any regular basis. No wonder the MSM is able to distort the news so easily: many people just don’t care.


35 posted on 07/15/2013 5:16:13 PM PDT by bopdowah ("Unlike King Midas, whatever the Gubmint touches sure don't turn to Gold!')
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How could 56% of blacks follow this trial closely and still be upset by the verdict. Are they Morons??

I know—stupid question.


36 posted on 07/15/2013 5:16:17 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
If they were watching closely, it must have been only MSNBC.

-PJ

37 posted on 07/15/2013 5:16:52 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: 5thGenTexan
Does that mean they are in it for the money and personal aggrandizement, i.e., to enhance the power, wealth, position, or reputation of
38 posted on 07/15/2013 5:16:58 PM PDT by BilLies (The Progressive Liberal American Press will be the death of freedom in this country.)
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To: Misterioso

I know some do. I saw a video of a protest in Detroit this morning. There were a few black counter protesters carrying signs that said “Social justice is NOT justice”.

The story didn’t even mention them but I’m guessing they were from the growing open carry community in Detroit.


39 posted on 07/15/2013 5:17:27 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Venturer

Perhaps they followed the gossip, not the testimony and evidence.


40 posted on 07/15/2013 5:19:07 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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